Chapter 437 - Time Is Precious (1/2)

After carefully reading through Guo Taining’s personal information once, Xiao Luo, along with Si Xueting and Liu Yiyao, headed to the city’s Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital with the company’s contract document.

The hospital was located near a wet market. Its surroundings were filthy and inconvenient for cars to pass through since the streets were too narrow. Additionally, there were always stalls selling fruits and vegetables on both sides of the roads, making the whole place congested and thronging with people. When there were emergencies, even ambulances found it hard to pass through, and this was why finding a new location for the hospital was an urgent matter to consider. With support from the government, funding would not be a problem.

“Brother Luo, will we really be able to get this contract?”

Standing in front of the city’s Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Si Yueting was not optimistic about their chances, for how on earth could Team Three land the deal which even Mao Jianyi and Ling Fei could not seal it?

Liu Yiyao did not say anything, but her expression clearly showed that she was very nervous and anxious. Evidently, she was just like Si Yueting, utterly unprepared for their mission.

“Where there’s a will, there’s a way!”

Xiao Luo quipped as he smiled and walked into the building.

Si Yueting and Liu Yiyao exchanged glances and smiled nervously as they followed him into the hospital. However, they were trained professionals, and they started wearing smiles as soon as they stepped into the premises. No one could see through their facade and know the anxiety that was buried deep in their hearts. Outwardly, they were brimming with confidence.

As in all the other hospitals, the city’s Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital was filled with the fumes of disinfectants as sterilization was a daily routine, but when they reached the inpatient care area, the scent eased off, and, from time to time, they could hear the cries of babies in the wards ahead. On their way to the administration building, they saw many parents with their children in their arms, and they looked worried and anxious.

Out of the blue, Liu Yiyao suddenly asked, “Brother Luo, are you married?”

Xiao Luo thought for a bit and said, “Yeah, I am.”

“And do you have kids?” Liu Yiyao asked again.

“Yeah.”

Instantly, Su Xiaobei’s innocent, charming smile that turned her eyes into little crescent moons flashed in Xiao Luo’s mind.

“I heard that giving birth to a baby is like going into a torture chamber. Brother Luo, how did you feel when your wife was in the labor room?” Liu Yiyao asked yet again.

“I can’t answer that yet,” Xiao Luo laughed. Well, he couldn’t tell her what he hadn’t been through.

“So …”

“Yaoyao, why do you have so many questions? Have you forgotten what we’re here for?” Si Yueting interjected.

“Well, this place stirs up some feelings, and I was just curious about giving birth. Plus, it relieves my anxiety a little when we’re talking about things like that,” Liu Yiyao explained.

Si Yueting thought that what Liu Yiyao said made some sense. She sighed, shaking her head, and said, “My sister told me that when she gave birth to her baby, the pain was so intense that she wanted to kill herself. It felt like her soul was torn into two halves, and she could hardly bear the pain. She also said that the labor room was filled with piercing screams of other mothers, and she thought she was in hell. So, having a child is not an option for me, I will never give birth to a child in this life.”

“That is only because you haven’t met a guy whom you really love. Once you meet him, you would be willing to have a baby with him,” Liu Yiyao responded, sounding like she was speaking from experience.

“Forget it, I wouldn’t want to suffer that pain, I’ll just adopt one from an orphanage someday,” Si Yueting said, waving her hand to make her point.

Xiao Luo could only arch his eyebrows at how the two of them were soothing their nerves and didn’t comment on anything.

In the midst of chit-chatting, the trio arrived at the administration building, and Si Yueting and Liu Yiyao promptly ended their conversation.

A well-dressed woman came up to them with a smile on her face. “Hi, this is the Administration Department, if you are here to see a doctor or to visit a patient, you should go to the building upfront,” she said.

Xiao Luo wasted no time and was upfront with their purpose there. “We’re not here to see a doctor or visit a patient, we’re here to see Director Guo,” he said.